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September 08, 2007

Lawmaker Concerned About 'Trust-But-Don't-Verify' Security
Loopholes

Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the
House Homeland Security Committee, responded Thursday to the
release of a July report prepared by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Inspector General, Richard L. Skinner.

Aircraft Recently Earned S-LSA Certification

Student pilot Robert Gaither, and instructor Doug Goodwin, are
recovering from injuries they sustained when their Sport Hornet
light aircraft went down Tuesday near Santa Paula Airport in Santa
Paula, CA.

Lack of Interest, Participation Threatens Board Survival --
Again

In order to make good on some political promises, Los Angeles
mayor Antonio Villaraigosa resurrected an aviation-oriented panel
that dissolved in 2003 from lack of interest from its members.
History seems destined to repeat itself.

But Still No Sign Of Missing Aviator

Crews searching for famed aviator Steve Fossett, who went
missing over the Nevada desert Monday, have turned up six
previously unidentified accident sites... but still no sign of the
man they're searching for.

Some Glenn Curtiss Museum volunteers have been hard at work
lately in the museum's Restoration Shop in Hammondsport, NY,
recreating the Curtiss flying boat "America" that became the
prototype for the first anti-submarine patrol plane in Britain's
Royal Navy air service.

Incident Reported Near O'Hare

Here we go again. Authorities are attempting to locate the
person who shined a laser into the cockpit of Northwest Airlines
Flight 352 while it was trying to land at O'Hare International
Airport Wednesday night.

Awarded "Partner In Safety" Honors

ACROHELIPRO Global Services Inc. recently received recognition
from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a "Partner in
Safety," resulting from the company’s substantial
contribution to the Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast
(ADS-B) program trial, which the FAA recently integrated into the
US Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) program.

Planemaker Says Country Has Stake "In All Current Boeing
Models"

Students Will Fly Diamond Planes

Honolulu Community College recently selected Galvin Flying
Services, Inc. of Seattle, WA as its flight training provider. The
college is part of the University of Hawaii system, and conducts
its flight training operations at Kalaeloa airport (KJRF) at the
former Barbers Point Naval Air Station on the island of Oahu,
HI.

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"The current level of oversight does not provide
assurance that air carriers are meeting congressionally-mandated
goals of tripling the amount of cargo screened for passenger
aircraft... Consequently, the process increases opportunities for
the carriage of explosives, incendiaries, and other dangerous
devices on passenger aircraft."

Source: From "Transportation Security
Administration's Oversight of Passenger Aircraft Cargo Security
Faces Significant Challenges", released in July by the Inspector
General of the Department of Homeland Security. Representative
Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland
Security Committee, responded to the report this week, saying the
report amounts to "a scathing indictment" of the inadequacy